FIGHTING IN THE DON COUNTRY.
COSSACK ACTIVITY
(Renter's Telegrams.)
(Received Jan. 15, 9 p.m.)
Petrograd, Jan. 14.
A despatch from Rostoff states that taie Don station of Debaltzovo, on the Ekaterinosar railway, three . times changed hands. The Cossacks on Thursday night, learning of tre despatch from Luganskaya of considerable Bolsheviki reinforcements with artillery, left the station and took fp a position near the railway, awaiting their own reinforcements from Marinipolv
The fighting was renewed on Friday morning,. when tre Bolshevikis advanced in the direction of Toganrog. During Friday a strong force of Don, Terek and Kuban Cossacks traversed Toganrog, going northwards. It is ! stated that Kaledin is also going north. A despatch from Ufa states that BolsheviH artillery has arrived. The town is in the rands of the Bolshevikis, who seized the banks and Government buildings *
The Bolshevikis are sending considerable forces with artillery to Cheliabinsk, where serious fighting is anticipated.
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14611, 16 January 1918, Page 5
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151FIGHTING IN THE DON COUNTRY. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14611, 16 January 1918, Page 5
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